Coffee pot (dallah) with bulbous lower body that tapers in the middle and flares out slightly to the top. The hinged bell-shaped lid is topped with a tall finial. The curved handle is wrapped with a strip of black leather with thin sheets of metal woven in. There is a long crescent-shaped spout with a hinged metal flap that can be secured in place with a curled end. The body is engraved with two pairs of rings around the bulbous middle, and punched with repeating designs around the lid and upper portion of the pot.

• Narrative

  The donors lived in Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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• Type of Item pot
• Culture Bedouin
• Material brass metal, steel metal, leather skin, fibre
• Measurements height 19.0 cm, width 8.5 cm, depth 18.3 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Elizabeth Bell, Alan Bell
• Received from Elizabeth Bell, Alan Bell

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• Made in Asia

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• Creation Date before 1985
• Collection Date between 1975 and 1985
• Ownership Date before December 7, 2023
• Acquisition Date on December 7, 2023

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• Item Classes metalwork
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3655/0007